Glasses - Kaplan

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Glasses - Kaplan

by kajcha » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:20 pm
Children who watch a great deal of television (and their families have
a history of near-sightedness) will probably require glasses sooner
than their peers who are not predisposed to myopia in these ways

1.
2. whose families have a history of near-sightedness
3. and a history of near-sightedness runs in the family
4. whose families have a history of near-sightedness running in them
5. with a history of near-sightedness running in the family

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by sochatte » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:46 pm
is it 5?

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by kajcha » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:17 pm
That's what I thought but its not 5. Explanation - 5 does not correct parallel construction problem.

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by sochatte » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:33 pm
interesting,
to make it parallel I was looking for an 'and' before 2.
However, i don't think 1,2 and 4 can make the sentence parallel.
so I was between 3 and 5.
3 I discarded because I was looking for a 'have'
and have a history of....

anyways what is the QA?

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by kajcha » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:48 pm
OA is 2

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by kajcha » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:49 pm
OA is 2

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by sochatte » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:47 pm
so the sentence would be ..

Children who watch a great deal of television whose families have a history of near-sightedness will probably require glasses sooner
than their peers who are not predisposed to myopia in these ways


Are you sure you typed it correct? with comma and everything.

The above sentence doesn't sound right to me.

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by kajcha » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:45 am
Exactly and that's what is bothering me too... that sentence does not look good to me either